AUGUSTA, Maine, March 1 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00151): * * * LINCOLN WATER DISTRICT, Request for Certification Regarding Lease of Property and Request for Approval of Special Rate Contract ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY In this Order the Commission certifies a lease of utility property pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 1101(4) and approves a special rate contract pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 703(3-A), bo more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, March 6 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: With the strong support of the campus and community, University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor Dannel Malloy is appointing the University of Maine at Farmington's (UMF) interim leader, Joseph McDonnell, to a two-year term as president. On Monday, the Board of Trustees authorized Chancellor Malloy to appoint McDonnell as president through June 30, 2026. McDonnell became UMF's interim president on  more PR

ORONO, Maine, March 6 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The University of Maine System (UMS) is mourning the loss of Patricia Collins, of Caribou, who died Tuesday at the age of 96. Collins has been closely connected to Maine's public universities for more than 75 years, having come to Maine from her native New York to attend the University of Maine (UMaine), from which she earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1949. It was at the Syst more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 5 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that states cannot remove Donald Trump from this year's presidential ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol. John Aughenbaugh, Ph.D., a Supreme Court scholar and associate professor in Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Political Science, offered insight into the ruling. * What did the court actually determine in this more PR